Game device



July 18, 1933. J. HETHERINGTON 1,918,472

GAME DEVICE Filed Deo. 2, 1932 INVENTOR J 0/771/ H1/#ff //VG T/V Maw-LM ATTORNEY t "'Another Y y ride a den@ 'Having "agri i dement movable g ."npon'cntac't With a inoving" marble to give indicatiolgl` lanl act vte be performed" by Patented July 118,'19337" i 5., GAME DEvIng,

j This invention relates to an ainusementfdevice yand relateslmor'e; partieularly toy "a gaine t combining skill? and ,chancei Iand"provides a 'simple and interesting )device operable under 5 the= action `of lmoving "sp Y erioal,l playie'ces 'commonlytermedfinarbles. l"

ing rules or systems 'indifferentlocalities wie and "pitch ai@ ,@aleman@www to reachor "closely` approach" the objective. r.Ihe fobjective may uber` a jfholel in' the'` ground,

` indiated vline ory barrier.'

f It is' am esta, pf'ihefrprjegernt inventio :to

,f llirovilde a` devicelktio lbeused as objective,

` .I 'infa marble game to provide greaterfinterelst f Zolthrougli the operation-fofmechanicalmeans F ffacti'iateti-,bya moyinginarbleQ` n No s I* l of the `invention 1S .topmplayer.` ,t f N giV 1r, Other objects andadvantagesf'of vthef 1n vention will be apparent from the following description together with the accompanying 30drawing, in'Which 'l I Ocular `dise having a dome or convex surface` and a peripheral flange 11. One `side 12 ofv the' flange serves as a supporting surface for" the disc and the other side 13 as a face to, receive characters as shown inFig. 1-or other 5 indicative inscriptions, the purpose ofwhich Will be presently explained.l `V Centrally t disposed-` With respect to the base-plate is a pin14 riveted 'at 15 to the l plate and extending upwardlytherefrom.

' "50 The pinfisprovided with a shoulder to servel `"pasv al bearing surfacefor' a'orotatable?head-lor` f i :h'aif 1""pointer vvill ino've adjacent to the characters r onthe `'surface 13. `The arms and "20l'als0 "extend tjofthe' edge o'f the surface 13"but The game of marbles isplayed niidervaryservingga's Contact memberl When a `mar-- y is'rollfed npthe 4sl'irfaoef of `the "baseplateit lvvill strikeo'nejo'f the'arnis and Lcause j jniadeeto rotateifreely andivhen it4 corriesfto "65 rest y the 'pointer will indicate? a character as YVthe'player v'vho delive-red the" marble istol f may' be varied land thatfany `actstolbefperformedby' thefplayers. 'i AForthe 'purpose of. making Vtlie.operation f 75 j y "fof the devicemore"dependent"on'skillltlfie` n .Q ybase-platefis provided withl barriers or obsitioned ninety degrees apart 0n the outerio,v l

` edge of-the'rdome portion of the 4plate 10.

`Vbut.,invstaggard relation to the iirst` sety of f -lug'sand preferably in closerspaoedrelafv` tion tothe' center. vlhepositions of the obp `structions lmay be variedy to* make thefgamey lin number to make the operation moredif-- L l the member 17`if notproperly directed will ,y l strike one of theiouter lugs jand bedeilected 'cap V16disposed for rotation fonl "the pin. ySuitahly secured yQtothe pin is afmeirib'er i173 1 havind three arms; oneofthearms 18 being to serve' as va pointer*olfindicatort5 andwso yproportioned :that'fthe'fe'ndof the g i thjeihe'rnbefx i7; te` rotate; f The member `is Put or Take"orda?'numberjindicating that 'i' perfor'rnfanfactinf aocordanoe WithQthe rules ,A

of the "lo` Y 'n is i'lbefuia'iewqd mami@ charactre a i y y. '."desired setfof jV numbers or legends'may beused calling 'for' structions. VOne set ofV these 4obstructions may consist oflugs or ears 215 22 and 23` po- Another St may 'consist of similar lugsf24, y i 25 and 2.6`a'lsodisposed ninety degreesapart easier, or the obstructions may beincreased .v v

heult. The outer set ofilugsyare arranged 90 Withtheir-edges inline With radial lines of s l .the discnvhile `the inners'et oflugs are dis'- posed transverse'tothe'radial 4lines ofthe A marble travlelingtovvard ,the arms off'f' in which case it Will notstrikezthe member l s 17. lOnrthe other'chand-themarble may. ass" l l', lthe outer `lugand-'strike anfinner lugfw ichfiloj i face v413. The one Who scores highest may f presents more area and again the result Will be a failure to actuate the indicator member.

Furthermore the domelike formation of the disc serves to retard the movement of a marble asit travels toward the indicator and if the marble is not propelled with sufficient vforce itvvill lack energy to reach the pointer andvvill roll back oil' the disc.' y ,y

' In practice the' device may beplaced upon the ground or floor' and the players each l donate anynumber of marbles in the lpot s `for treasury; They then stand a given dis-v ofthe pointer when `the spinnerk or member tance (about six paces) away and take turns in rolling fa marbletovvard the indicator. If the rolled marblei hits the 'indicator the"A player'A must act according tothe indication 17 comes kto rest. It the pointer indicatesv ber of marbles and ifTake is indicated rlthe he turn Afrom `their respective positions and' depending on theirskill in hitting the arrow and their lucltasto the stopping position' ofthe pointer they Win or loseastlie case may be. If desirable the liiialfresult 'may lbe' determined by spinning the indicator by hand which isaccomplished by grasping the head 16 between the thumb and. iorenger and rotating the member 17. The rei 1 s-vult is determined bythe one scoring'vthe l:hrig-hesttotal inv tWo spins using the numbers fromlO to 7 50 as provided on the sur- I 'Win all or part of the marblesleft; in the pot or treasury'.`r *i The above outline of rules-is only givenas an examplev since it is.A obvious that the rules 'and regulations :may'varyyto .meet the de-v `-l. A marble game comprising vaf device having a base-plate vof'dome shape, arotatman'ds ofthe players in different localities."` A'device constructed in accordance With the presentinvention makes it possible'to bring into the game of marbles more inter! esting features Whicharouse more interest sonableamount-of chance. y Although a preferred embodiment of the invention is shownand described herein it isto be understood Y'that modifications may,

in the exercise of skill combined with a reaf 'a I l .be made itliereinvvithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth i'n the appended claims. What is claimed is:

able meniber,means iony th'eQapeX of said dome for rotatably mounting said member, arms on ysaid 'member extendingv over said dome, said dome serving to divert the direction ofaniarble rolling toward said member. y

2.) A- marble gamev comprising a device having` a base-plate of dome shape, ay rotatable member, means on Vthe'apeX of said "dome for rotatably .mounting said' meniber,

arms onsaidmember extendingover said dome, a flange extending. from said dome to vprovide a facevior characters and asupport for the dome and ysaidfrotatable member.

dome for` rotatably mounting said member,

dome, a flange extending yfrom saiddometo the dome v and lsaid rotatable niemberanda ,pluralityof vobstructions.QlllSa'li'd dome to di# vert a moving marblefroni' 'strilingfsaid JOHN HETHRiN'GToN. y

arms onfsaidlme'mb'er extending over said 10.0 provide a face for characters, a support for 3. A marble game comprising 'a deviceyb -havinga base-plate Vof dome shape, arotat-'P I able member, means" ony-Kthe vapex 'of said 

